Burned Body
Below I will show you how to present and make a burn body to spook your friends with. This can be a little messy and time-consuming, but you get a very spooky effect.
Items Needed
Step 1 - Apply the Foam
The first thing to do is either suspend your skeleton, or lay it on some work surface. Then apply a thin coat of the expanding foam all over the skeleton. The best way to do this is by applying it directly from the can onto the skeleton, then smearing it around and into the nooks and crannies with a gloved hand. One can was just enough for this whole skeleton torso.
Careful, this stuff is very sticky! It will clean off with acetone (nail polish remover) if you get it somewhere it really needs to come off of right away. If you get it on your clothing, it's pretty much permanent - so wear old clothes.
Don't worry about getting it too even. When it comes to giving a realistic looking corpse effect, too even looks fake.
After applying the foam to your satisfaction, allow it to cure. Don't mess with it until it's dry to the touch.
(I used a wedge in the mouth to hold the jaws open as the whole thing sets.)
Step 2 - Paint and Latex
First thing to do is apply some black spray paint to the "inside" areas of the skeleton and the nooks and crannies.
Applying a coat of latex will result in a smooth, and uniquely kind of gross layer on the foam. This layer is both durable and paintable.
Step 3 - Apply the Paint for the Juicy Inside Layers
First thing to do is apply some black spray paint to the "inside" areas of the skeleton. The nooks and crannies that should be dark but that we don't want to have to try to paint by hand later.
Some good places to paint black are:
Put some masking tape over anything you don't want painted! (For example, the teeth if your corpse has any.)
Allow this to dry at least enough to no longer be tacky. Then we're going to apply what's going to be the underlying layer of juicy, bright red flesh underneath the charred exterior.
Now spray the rest of the skeleton with the high-gloss, bright red paint. It's OK to overlap the black slightly but generally stay away from the areas you already painted black.
Note how the black is nicely worked into the deep parts thanks to our previous spray job.
Allow this all to dry completely before you continue.
Step 4 - Apply the Paint for the Crusty, Charred Exterior
Now take out the black acrylic paint and a wider brush. We're going to paint on some black, but we're going to apply as best as we can, ONLY to the raised portions. This will, in the end, result in a cracked and blackened outside with the juicy bright red visible between the "cracks".
To do this, put only the tip of the brush into some black paint - give it a bit of a wipe on some newspaper to remove some excess if you need to.
Then, lightly drag the brush's tip across the surface of the skeleton. If you do it right, the raised portions should mostly pick up the paint, leaving the lower areas still bright red. Those of you familiar with the technique known as "dry-brushing" will recognize what I'm talking about.
Give it a try in a less-visible spot of the skeleton until you get the hang of it. Remember, don't worry about being uneven! Too even will look fake! Apply in more than one pass or coat if you like, until it looks right to you.
Step 5 - Finishing Touches
To give your skeleton those last couple finishing touches, I would suggest adding a few highlights.
To add highlights, paint some raised portions of the corpse with brown paint, using the same technique as for when we painted on the black exterior over the red. This will make them stand out a little more and enhance the effect. I would suggest going over the black with some brown in the following areas:
Original author: Sean3000
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Below I will show you how to present and make a burn body to spook your friends with. This can be a little messy and time-consuming, but you get a very spooky effect.
Items Needed
- A skeleton of some kind as a base, but you can use almost anything that you want this charred effect to be on. I used a 4-th quality "bucky" torso.
- A can of expanding foam insulation ("Great Stuff" is one of the many brand names.)
- A tin of liquid latex.
- Flat black spray paint
- Glossy bright red spray paint
- Small amount of acrylic black paint.
- Small amount of acrylic brown paint
- Some old paintbrushes, rubber gloves, and a well-ventilated area.
Step 1 - Apply the Foam
Careful, this stuff is very sticky! It will clean off with acetone (nail polish remover) if you get it somewhere it really needs to come off of right away. If you get it on your clothing, it's pretty much permanent - so wear old clothes.
Don't worry about getting it too even. When it comes to giving a realistic looking corpse effect, too even looks fake.
After applying the foam to your satisfaction, allow it to cure. Don't mess with it until it's dry to the touch.
(I used a wedge in the mouth to hold the jaws open as the whole thing sets.)
Step 2 - Paint and Latex
First thing to do is apply some black spray paint to the "inside" areas of the skeleton and the nooks and crannies.
Applying a coat of latex will result in a smooth, and uniquely kind of gross layer on the foam. This layer is both durable and paintable.
Step 3 - Apply the Paint for the Juicy Inside Layers
First thing to do is apply some black spray paint to the "inside" areas of the skeleton. The nooks and crannies that should be dark but that we don't want to have to try to paint by hand later.
Some good places to paint black are:
- Eye sockets
- Joints
- Inside of the rib cage
- Along the spine
Put some masking tape over anything you don't want painted! (For example, the teeth if your corpse has any.)
Allow this to dry at least enough to no longer be tacky. Then we're going to apply what's going to be the underlying layer of juicy, bright red flesh underneath the charred exterior.
Now spray the rest of the skeleton with the high-gloss, bright red paint. It's OK to overlap the black slightly but generally stay away from the areas you already painted black.
Note how the black is nicely worked into the deep parts thanks to our previous spray job.
Allow this all to dry completely before you continue.
Step 4 - Apply the Paint for the Crusty, Charred Exterior
Now take out the black acrylic paint and a wider brush. We're going to paint on some black, but we're going to apply as best as we can, ONLY to the raised portions. This will, in the end, result in a cracked and blackened outside with the juicy bright red visible between the "cracks".
To do this, put only the tip of the brush into some black paint - give it a bit of a wipe on some newspaper to remove some excess if you need to.
Then, lightly drag the brush's tip across the surface of the skeleton. If you do it right, the raised portions should mostly pick up the paint, leaving the lower areas still bright red. Those of you familiar with the technique known as "dry-brushing" will recognize what I'm talking about.
Give it a try in a less-visible spot of the skeleton until you get the hang of it. Remember, don't worry about being uneven! Too even will look fake! Apply in more than one pass or coat if you like, until it looks right to you.
Step 5 - Finishing Touches
To give your skeleton those last couple finishing touches, I would suggest adding a few highlights.
To add highlights, paint some raised portions of the corpse with brown paint, using the same technique as for when we painted on the black exterior over the red. This will make them stand out a little more and enhance the effect. I would suggest going over the black with some brown in the following areas:
- The forehead
- The nose-hole
- The jawline
- The front of the ribs
- The raised parts of the the spine, and hips
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